Innocentius Achleitner

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Innocent Achleitner , also Innocenc Achleitner or Innocent Achleitner (* 22. November 1832 in Frasdorf , Kingdom of Bavaria ; † 5. March 1880 in Salzburg , Austria-Hungary ) was a singer of the vocal range bass , violin, viola and choir director.

Life

Innocentius Achleitner's father was the teacher and composer Ludwig Achleitner . His brother was the zither player Joseph Christoph Achleitner . He himself was a singer in the Dommusikverein and in the Mozarteum in Salzburg. From 1864 to 1874 he was Vice Choir Director. He was a singing teacher at the kk state secondary schools in Salzburg. The writer Arthur Achleitner and the conductor Rudolf Achleitner were his sons.

Works (selection)

Own compositions

  • Responsoria in officio defunctorum.

Editions of works by other composers

Innocentius Achleitner was known for researching older music. With 53 votes from Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, he is said to have saved the mass from destruction. In 1868 he published the Harmonias Poeticas by Paul Hofhaimer .

  • Paul Hofhaimer: Harmonias Poeticas, sive carmina nonnulla Horatii aliorumque poetarum romanorum vocum cantui , Salzburg, 1868 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Innocentius Achleitner in the Bavarian Musicians Lexicon Online (BMLO)
  2. ↑ a b c Andrea Harrandt: Achleitner Innocenz. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Achleitner, Innocentius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Achleitner, Innocent; Achleitner, Innocenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bass singer, violinist, violist and choir director.
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Frasdorf , Kingdom of Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1880
Place of death Salzburg , Austria-Hungary